Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Synopsis

When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem. The tickets start to be found, with the fifth going to a very special boy, called Charlie Bucket. With his Grandpa, Charlie joins the rest of the children to experience the most amazing factory ever. But not everything goes to plan within the factory.

When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem. The tickets start to be found, with the fifth going to a very special boy, called Charlie Bucket. With his Grandpa, Charlie joins the rest of the children to experience the most amazing factory ever. But not everything goes to plan within the factory.

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mbrummer-135384 / 10

Didn't Quite live up to my expectation.

Visually it's not bad, I find that the children were convincing and they played their roles just fine. Willy Wonka seemed odd (not in an entertaining way). His character seemed shallow and spouted nonsense and giggled alot. Gene's portrayal was deep, he had charisma and he was like a deck of cards. Most of all, Gene was a really good singer and that added more to his role. I give them credit, the chocolate river was pretty cool. In the 70's film, it was a dirty looking river. I watched the "behind the scenes" clips and they put in a lot of effort on working on an actual chocolate river. That alone did bump up my score higher than what I was originally going to set it. In conclusion, I thought the movie could have done better. Visually, it was pretty great and some of the roles played by the children weren't have bad either. The other roles fell much shorter. I'm giving this a 4 because it had potential but, fell short to my expectations.

Reviewed by maxastree6 / 10

Remake of an early 70's kids classic . . .

Tim Burton has a heart of cardboard - can his friend Johnny Depp save him in this "dark" children's remake about consumerism? Dunno bro, ask Batman!! That sucked too, especially in the "plot" department. This movie is worth seeing for some attractive set design, ostentatious costumes and Danny Elfman's energetic, whimsical-yet-gothic musical approach. Parts of this film break down in to MTV style music video montage, which is another sign of how shallow and distracting Burton is as a creative force, and storyteller. He has made some SOME great films, but this is like half of one, in a sense. I enjoyed the CG furry animals though!

Reviewed by ralph-wills-sd2 / 10

Stick to the Gene Wilder Version

It's bad in general. Poorly directed, terrible music soundtrack and Johnny Depp is generally creepy as Willie Wonka. I think Tim Burton tried too hard to make it entertaining.